Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Glossary
Authorization
Glossary492
Authorization In SD-UX security, checking
that a user has the necessary permissions to
perform a specific action, as defined by an
Access Control List.
B
Base software Software that will be
modified by a patch.
Building phase Packaging the source files
and information into a product, and
creating/merging the product into the
destination depot/media.
Bundles A collection of filesets that are
encapsulated for a specific purpose. By
specifying a bundle, all products or filesets
under that bundle are automatically
included in the operation.
C
Cache File A file that contains the name
and attributes of targets selected by
swinstall or swcopy.
Catalog/Catalog directory An area
within a depot that contains all the
information needed by SD-UX to define the
organization and contents of the products
stored in the depot. It includes a global
INDEX file and a directory of information for
each product version in the depot. It is
sometimes referred to as the catalog
directory.
Category This keyword defines the
“category” attribute for the product object. It
refers to the type of software being
packaged.
CD-ROM Compact Disc-Read Only Memory
or a SD-UX depot that resides on a
CD-ROM.
Centralized management See remote
operations.
Checkinstall script An optional, script
associated with a product or fileset, executed
by swinstall during the analysis phase. The
result returned by the script determines if
the fileset can be installed or updated.
Checkremove script An optional script
associated with a fileset that is executed
during the swremove analysis phase. The
result returned by the script determines if
the fileset can be removed.
checksum Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC),
a computed value that is compared with
stored data to tell if a file has been corrupted
during transfer.
CLI Command Line Interface. See
Command Line User Interface.
Client Usually refers to diskless server
computer. Previous versions of SD-UX
supported diskless clients.
CLUI See Command Line User Interface. All
SD-UX commands can be run from the
command line. See also GUI, TUI, and IUI.
Codeword See To protect software from
unauthorized installation, HP (and other
vendors) use special codewords and customer
identification numbers to lock the software to
a particular owner. These codewords and
customer IDs are provided to you when you
purchase the software or receive it as update.